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How the atomic bombing of Nagasaki tore apart Japan’s understanding of motherhood

EDITOR’S NOTE:  This story is part of As Equals, CNN’s ongoing series on gender inequality. For information about…

Pope Leo criticises nuclear deterrence on 80th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

By Joshua McElweeVATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo on Wednesday criticised the "illusory security" of the global nuclear deterrence…

World marks 80 years since US dropped atomic bomb on Japan as global powers still trade nuclear threats

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon on the Japanese…

80 years on, Korean survivors of WWII atomic bombs still suffer

Bae Kyung-mi was five years old when the Americans dropped "Little Boy", the atomic bomb that flattened Hiroshima on…

8 decades after atomic bombing in Hiroshima, search for missing continues on nearby island

NINOSHIMA, Japan (AP) — When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of…